A Celebration of Life for Elex Tyrone “Tank” Elliott, 62 will be 11:00 AM Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Macedonia C.P. Church in America with Dr. G. Lynn Herring officiating. Inhumation will be in Calvary Memorial Gardens. Mr. Elliott will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral. Public viewing will be Friday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Reynolds Funeral Home.
Elex Tyrone Elliott was born in Decatur, Alabama, on November 7, 1963, to Ernestine Bell Elliott and the late Elex Elliott Jr. He transitioned to eternal life on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Decatur General Campus of Decatur Morgan Hospital.
Tyrone accepted Christ at an early age at Macedonia C.P. Church. He attended and united with both his home church and Moulton Heights M.B. Church.
He attended Austin High School and later the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He held several manufacturing jobs, most recently at the General Electric Plant. He also worked for his brother at Reynolds Funeral Home, where he was known to take the company vehicle on midnight cruises.
Affectionately called “Tank” by his family and friends, he loved to joke and have fun. Tank knew everybody and everything that was going on in the hood. He adored his family and his significant other, Marlena. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him.
He was preceded in death by his father, Elex Elliott Jr.; two siblings, Ellarene Smith and Alex Mosley; aunts and uncles, Louise Elliott, Bernice Swopes, Lethan Ann Hayes, Fred Bell, Woodrow Johnson, Robert “John” Elliott, Earnest Stevenson, Ruby Broughm, Harold Elliott, Jimmy Elliott, Albert Elliott, and Willie Boykin; grandparents, Ernest and Cora Lee Horton Bell, Elex Elliott Sr., and Lucille Clay Jones; and close cousins who were like siblings, Karen Johnson and Woodrow “Buster” Johnson Jr.
He leaves to cherish his memory his son, Terrence Matthews, and his son’s mother, Nichole Matthew; his mother, Ernestine Bell Elliott of Decatur; his companion, Pasola Marlena Thorne; two children he reared as his own, Monica and Jada Matthews; siblings, Leon (Georgia) Jones of Madison, Dexter (Daphne) Elliott and Beatrice “BB” Moody, all of Decatur; aunts, Elizabeth Johnson, Irene Elliott, Sara Boykin, Elizabeth (William) Swopes, and Linda (Andrew) Watkins, all of Decatur, Alabama; god siblings, Latoya and Demetrius Gholston, Viola “Candy” Abernathy, Cary W. (Debbra) Orr, George Marcus (Dianne) Jones, and Sidney Abernathy; nieces and nephews, Corey, Vera, Margaret, Kim, Jeremy, Ashley, Christopher, MarQuez, Leon II, Christan, and Lee “Leemar”; special friends, Erica Wiggins, DA Dancy, and Alex Wiggins; and a host of great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives, and friends.
